EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTING LA W.
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*hb0739*
HOUSE BILL 739
C5 5lr2151
CF SB 478
By: Delegates Ghrist, Arentz, Arikan, Chisholm, Fisher, Grammer, Hutchinson,
Jacobs, M. Morgan, T. Morgan, Nawrocki, Otto, Pippy, Rose, Schmidt,
Szeliga, and Valentine
Introduced and read first time: January 27, 2025
Assigned to: Economic Matters
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Public Utilities – Solar Energy Generating Stations – Local Approval 2
FOR the purpose of prohibiting the Public Service Commission from approving a certificate 3
of public convenience and necessity for a solar energy generating station unless the 4
Commission receives written approval for the construction of the generating station 5
from each county or municipal corporation where the generating station is proposed 6
to be located; and generally relating to solar energy generating stations. 7
BY adding to 8
Article – Public Utilities 9
Section 7–207(i) 10
Annotated Code of Maryland 11
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 12
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14
Article – Public Utilities 15
7–207. 16
(I) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY O THER PROVISION OF LA W, THE COMMISSION 17
MAY NOT APPROVE A CERTIFICAT E OF PUBLIC CONVENIE NCE AND NECESSITY FOR 18
A SOLAR ENERGY GENER ATING STATION UNLESS EACH COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL 19
CORPORATION WHERE ANY PORTION OF THE GENERATIN G STATION IS PROPOSED 20
TO BE LOCATED HAS GIVEN WRITTEN APPROVAL FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE 21
GENERATING STATION TO THE COMMISSION. 22
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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 1
October 1, 2025. 2